well would u look at that i forgot another chapter

so heres this chapter im sorry im such a dumbass but this is what you missed sorry if u got confused with all the gaping holes my god what even happened there

again im super sorry about this idk what happened i was couting chapters and i had 17 in my notes and only 15 were posted soooooo

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"You wanted to see me?"

Morgana held her hands in fists at her sides as she approached the great dragon in front of her.

"Ah, the beautiful Lady Morgana." he said, craning his head closer to her. "What a pleasure it is to see you here again."

"What's this all about?" Morgana spat.

"I told you not to visit Earth! And you directly disobeyed me!"

"I had to help him-"

"You had to do nothing! You have disrupted the balance of-"

"I haven't disrupted anything! I helped him to make my lot of a brother listen to him, and you took his magic away!"

"I did what I had to do! This was your doing, witch!" the dragon yelled angrily. "You went to earth and lied to the warlock, you selfishly abused your ability to transport between the worlds! It is because of your stupidity that the boy has lost his powers, that the last warlock in existence is no more!"

"That isn't true, I'm still here, aren't I?!" Morgana spat. Her anger was rising and she began to become afraid that she would do something stupid and get herself restrained.

"You are no warlock, you are a witch!" The dragon yelled, breathing out a breath of air in Morgana's face.

"I am no such thing! I may not be as powerful as him, but I still have magic, and I plan on using it to assist him. And once he convinces Arthur to accept his destiny, he will get his magic back. You aren't the only one on the council, Kilgharrah. They may have taken it away, but I know they won't keep it."

Morgana snarled, clenching and unclenching her fists in anger and frustration.

The dragon sat back and gave Morgana a smug look. "Very well, witch, if what you so badly want is to help the boy, then help him you shall."

"What is that supposed to mean?!" Morgana yelled, but Kilgharrah was gone. She was alone in blackness.

Merlin walked down the hall, his books in his hands.

He wasn't in a great mood- he hadn't been for the past few days.

With what very little magic he had left, all it was doing was keeping him on his feet. He couldn't do anything with it.

And it was hard. After living so long with magic he found himself unable to do even the smallest things. He realized after a while that he didn't even know how to tie his shoes. Maybe he could get Brodie to help, but that would only lead to teasing and embarrassment.

So, as he sat down at his desk and leaned on his hand, staring hopelessly at Amber, then at Sara- who still wasn't talking to him- he could only try his best not to fall asleep.

It came as a shock to learn there was a "new student" joining them today.

Her name was Miranda Leigh, Merlin heard the teacher say. Merlin humored himself with how much the name sounded like Morgana.

That wouldn't have shocked him as much as the face that walked through the door.

She stared at him with a hopeless look in her eyes. As if she had no idea what to do. She was so helpless. Merlin couldn't help but pity her.

And she sat in the seat to his right- Amber had moved across the room to avoid Merlin.

"What are you doing here?!" Merlin whispered to her. The sight of her there, next to him, completely alive, was enough to shock him awake again.

"I'll explain later." she replied in the same tone.

And it ate him alive inside until the bell rang.

He was on her heels until she reached her locker and opened it. "Spill."

She sighed, slamming the locker shut- without doing anything in it- and turned to face him. "I may or may not have gotten banished..."

Merlin's jaw dropped. "You what?!"

Morgana shushed him, holing her index finger to his lips to silence him.

She looked around to make sure nobody was watching before she pulled her hand away.

"I wasn't... Meant to help you. And I did, and I got myself kicked off the council of Avalon."

Merlin looked at a loss for words. "I... I'm sorry."

"It's okay. It's not like I needed my magic-"

"Wait, they took your magic, too?"

Morgana nodded. "I didn't know until I woke up this morning. I mean, i was disposed of in a field and stayed at a motel last night, but i didn't bother to check until i woke up. But yes, they did."

"Wow. So you came to high school?"

Morgana's lips formed a tight line. "I didn't know how else to stay near you."

"I'm surprised you know what high school is, you know, because you've been dead for a thousand years."

She rolled her eyes. "I may be dead, but I've been keeping up on modern inventions. Speaking of which, I need to get myself one of those iPhones. They look really cool. Anyway, where's my airhead brother today?"

"Somewhere. I wouldn't know, she acts like if she gets within a hundred feet of me she'll combust." Merlin joked.

"She." Morgana spat the word as if it was poison. "I just can't get used to that."

"Took me a while." Merlin laughed with a nod.

"Well, we should go find her, then. Knock some sense into her, perhaps?"

Merlin laughed again. "Alright, Miranda Leigh."

Morgana rolled her eyes. "It sounds like my name. I see you had similar thoughts, Miles Wyatt."

Merlin rolled his eyes. "It's one of many. You'd be surprised at how many names I've had."

"Like...?" Morgana urged as they walked down the hall. He had to admit, it felt nice to talk to her again without the fear of him poisoning her or her shoving an enchanted snake into his neck to make him try to kill his best friend.

"Uh... I was Jay way back, um, Jase, Josh, Tanner, Lance- inside joke, obviously- uh... Daniel, Matt... A lot of basic names, really."

"You suit Jay." Morgana said, staring down at her feet as she walked.

"I definitely have a preference for Merlin. At least Brodie has the decency to call me that. Amber, not so much. And everyone else still thinks I'm Miles." Merlin sighed. "I would've told Sara, but she hates me now, so..."

"Who's Sara?" Morgana questioned.

"My friend. Well, she used to be my friend. She hates me for some reason."

"Hmm, I'm sure we can fix that. Where's her locker?" Morgana asked.

"Right up there, why?" Merlin looked down at Morgana and raised an eyebrow. Morgana smirked in answer, making Merlin groan heavily. "Don't beat her, please."

"Gee, Merlin, it's like you don't even know me." Morgana rolled her eyes. "Where is she?"

Merlin nodded in the direction of the blonde girl. "That's her. The one on the crutches."

"Here, walk closer to me. And laugh." Morgana instructed.

"Why-"

"Laugh, now."

They both laughed- Merlin quite awkwardly- as they walked by Sara.

Merlin tried not to look but as he cast a glance he noticed the girl watching them intently.

"Stop here." Morgana said under her breath and turned to face Merlin.

She laughed once again and stood up on her toes, kissing Merlin lightly on the cheek and walking away.
"Who was that?"

Merlin almost smirked at the voice.

"Sara, hi, didn't see you there." he said as he turned to face her, a bit of cockiness in his tone. "That was Miranda... An old friend from London. I had no idea she was moving here until she showed up. It's awesome. I missed her a lot."

Sara raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Seems you two are pretty close, then." She said as she crossed her arms and shifted her weight onto one of her crutches.

"Yeah. She was one of my best friends."

Sara clenched her jaw. "Well, I guess it's nice that you're not the only Brit in this place."

"Yeah, it's great." Merlin said, rather sarcastically.

Sara nodded. "I guess I'll be going, then. See you. Maybe."

As Merlin walked away, he couldn't ignore the sound of the locker slamming shut.

omg Sara's so jealous I love her so much

so Morgana is now on earth

oh and btw if you were wondering what her "lie" was it was telling Merlin she was allowed to go to earth bc she wasn't the dragon wouldn't allow it but she did it anyway (she's only meant to talk to merlin in dreams idk you'll learn a lot more later on im keepin it subtle for now) and now she's been banished o snap